Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
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Maybe it is just more reporting, but it seems that there are more collisions recently. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out, along with the politics of who gets to investigate.
Maybe it is just more reporting, but it seems that there are more collisions recently. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out, along with the politics of who gets to investigate.





RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/asia/china-oil-tanke...
... and could burn for another month !!!
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/902640/east-c...
MJCronin
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RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
Could we please have a forum titled "Management and MBA Failures and Disasters" !!!
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
Dik
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
> Sanchi was supposedly double-hulled the minimize the possibility of massive leaks after collisions, and yet we have a massive spill
> Engineering tools for tracking vessel locations as well as for detecting nearby vessels exist, so the collision should have been avoidable
> Sanchi outweighed the Chinese vessel almost 2x, but it's the one that sank
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RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
RE: Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames
At the time of the Exxon Valdez spill, double hulls vessels were not required. Of course the argument against was driven by $$$$, but one of the arguments used against double hulls is the fire risk is greater with a double hull over a single hull. In a double hull, it is easier for the void space to fill with flammable vapors and ignite.
Agreed. There is still a lot of work to be done though. The problem with vessels this size is that the distance required to make a correction prior to collision is so large that it is easy to overlook the other vessel until it is too late.
The collision didn't do the damage that sank the vessel. The fire did. All the smaller vessel has to do is poke a hole in an oil tanker and the oil tanker is done for.